The women in Gushegu make a living by going to the local market in Gushegu town. Here they collect grains and corn left on the ground. By night time they will clean and cook what they found.

Adissa had reoccurring dreams about eating humans.
She was worried and told the local chief about the dreams.When another woman in the village suddenly died without explanation, the villagers thought, that the death was caused by Adissas dreams. Then they ran her out of the village.

Salamatu is one of the few of the women who lives In the camp with her children. One of them was actually born inside the camp.
“My husband still loves me”, she says, “so he is waiting for my return.”

Milan has been in the camp for 13 years. She awaits a change in the power dynamics in her home village.
Maybe a new chief will allow her to return home.

When a women is accused a trial is held.
A hen is beheaded and the guilt of the woman is decided by the way the dead hen lands on the ground.

Nansun has lived in the camp for three years now. It seems she will soon be able to return home. The man who accused her of cursing him, has passed away and her family really wants her to come home.
She is looking forward to be able to attend her grandchildren in the daytime, when the children’s parents are farming.

The Camp is located in the middle of the bush not too far from the city of Gushegu.
The local chief in Gushegu is accepting and welcoming to the women.

The local NGO, Witch-hunt Victims Empowerment Project are keeping track of the women in the camp. They are also constantly trying to make it possible for the women to return home.

The women in the camp keep on their daily lives despite the trauma of the past. “There is always hope”, is the mantra through their struggle to gather food, water and firewood. Laya was pregnant when she was accused of being the reason of a failed harvest. A few days ago she gave birth to a little baby girl.
”I hope that when she is grown up, witch craft believe is a thing of the past”,
Laya says.